Monthly Archives: October 2018

Sold out Strawberry Fields Is about to Kick off the Summer down Under

Photo Credit: Voena.com Written by: Olivia Poglianich The best bush doof of the year and one of the best festivals in the world according to Resident Advisor has officially sold out of tickets for its 10-year anniversary. Strawberry Fields, which sits on the border of two Australian states, New South Wales and Victoria, kicks off their decade-long […]

HARD SHIFT: Munich’s Hardest Event

Photo Credit: Shift Festival Facebook Munich’s hardest event returns to Zenith Halle this November for its second annual edition. Shift Festival is a one-day festival experience which favours the faster beats. After hosting the first edition of Psy Shift earlier this year, Hard Shift festival will return on the 30th of November. Featuring six of […]

Stay Infected at Toxicator 2018

Photo Credit: Toxicator Facebook  Germany’s annual outbreak is back to celebrate 10 years of Virus Attacks. Toxicator returns to Mannheim this December for 12 hours of strictly hardcore, hardstyle, and hardtechno. With an impressive lineup of over 25 DJ’s and live acts, this overnight event is the perfect way to bring back the summer festival […]

The Biggest Club in the World Returns for a Winter Edition

PHOTO CREDIT: World Club Dome Facebook After successfully hosting multiple World Club Dome events, Big City Beats has announced that their Winter Edition will be returning for the fourth year in a row. The Frankfurt-based music festival has expanded rapidly with events quickly expanding internationally as well as being held on boats, planes, trains, and […]

We Owned the Night at Amsterdam Music Festival!

Photo Credit: Katarina Cvetko Last weekend marked the 6th annual edition of Amsterdam Music Festival (AMF). The overnight event hosted by ALDA Events takes place at the end of Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE), a week-long electronic music conference in the heart of the Netherlands. Featuring some of the biggest names in the world, the festival […]

Celebrating Our 3-Year Anniversary With a Site Redesign & GloFX Giveaway

Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you the revamped, refreshed and revived Festival Squad website! It was just three years ago on Halloween that Festival Squad was created to bring festival-goers of all stripes together. We’ve come a long way, building our team up to over 35 full-time contributors, 150 guest contributors and attending […]

Mallrat and Maggie Rogers’ Effortless Phoenix Performance

Australian-born Grace Shaw, who goes by the stage name Mallrat, stunned with an effortless yet spunky performance at The Van Buren on a beautiful Sunday night in Downtown Phoenix, Arizona. Joined by her counterpart DJ on stage, she performed powerful hits like “UFO” and “Uninvited”. The joy beaming from her face was apparent as she […]

A SCARY Good Time at BOO! AZ

Photo by Luis ColatoWritten by Andrea Villarreal It’s the end of an amazing weekend and BOO! AZ was definitely one for the books. BOO! AZ concluded its event at the Rawhide Event Center in Chandler, Arizona on Saturday, October 20, 2018 featuring amazing artists such as Habstrakt, Lick, Boogie T, Arius, and more. With event withdrawals […]

Inaugural HiJinx Festival Emerges with STACKED Lineup in Philadelphia!

Photo credit: HiJinx FestivalWritten by: Liz Penry Calling all festival-goers in the greater-Philadelphia and surrounding area: a new festival has emerged with an insanely-stacked lineup! HiJinx Festival is bringing the biggest names in the EDM and Hip-Hop industry to the largest venue in the Northeast. This indoor extravaganza will take place in the Philadelphia Convention […]